I had enough pain last night for me to apply Salon Pas to my left knee. Oh, oh, When I experience severe and continuous discomfort like that, I think, “It’s time!” I used my right heel to massage my left calf and shin area. That didn’t do much. Finally, I used the tennis ball, which always resides under my sleeping pillow, to release the left glutes. Bingo! Put a hold on that operation!
I checked the wear pattern on my shoes before I went for a walk. While the heel strike on my left shoe is further back on the heel, it is too far over to the outer edge. Now that I have been able to get the whole outer edge of my left foot in contact with the ground, I was working on moving the heel strike further toward the center. Wow! That was a whole different experience. Now, I’m thinking of getting the entire heel in equal contact with the ground. I found that the area of my left heel just before the arch starts is slightly lifted. That’s what I worked on when I walked and what I emphasized today in Bikram. This requires me to use my leg muscles differently.
When I got to the yoga studio, I did the usual procedure: I put my equipment, which includes a walker, in the room to save my place, when to the bathroom, and started to take off my sweatshirt and tee shirt which I had put on for the morning walk. Oh, dear. As I pulled the T-shirt over my head, my elbow brushed against a bare breast. Oops!! I forget to put a sports bra on before I put my shirt on. Oh, well. I just did the class with the T-shirt.
I started two new things yesterday in class. While I have been holding on to the bar at the back of the room while I do the separate leg head to knee pose with my back to the mirror so I could maximize the support for my legs, yesterday I turned to the side and held on with the right hand while I raised the left leg. Wow! I thought it was better, but I am actually able to lift that leg so that the thigh is parallel to the floor/ceiling. This is incredible.
Once I got home, I took care of the garbage first. I emptied out the kitchen and bathroom garbage, taking those bags out to the trash container already by the roadside where Josh put it before he went to work. I dumped boiled water on some weeds, put the kettle on the trunk of the car, and walked the trash to the roadside. I remembered that I still had a dried-out paint can to get rid of. It was a 5-gallon can. Fortunately, there was still room. That was the last one of the lot I had set by the side of the house to dry out before I tossed it.
Last night I found an access card to some building in one of Mike’s books. It was addressed to someone named Stephanie in 2006. We were in Ohio at that time already. I called the Josephinum to check if it was theirs. No. I guess it’s just trash.
I worked on the blog, did some gardening in the back lanai garden. I finally showered after I completed the gardening and did MELT. Using my shower as a reminder to do the MELT has worked like a charm. Habits, good ones, yeah!
